HTPC hardware
Brian Densmore
DensmoreB at ctbsonline.com
Tue Nov 25 20:49:39 CST 2003
Yes, with a PCI RAID when the board goes south,
all you need do is replace is the bad card. With the
all-in-one system if one part goes out, you are left with
a partially functioning board that if you are lucky
you can disable the onboard piece of hardware and install
an add-on board. Worst case scenario in the all-in-one
solution is you need to replace the MB and RAID card
because you can't disable the broken RAID controller /or
you need to replace the MB. But I know people who swear
by them. so you pay your fee and take your chances. I
hadn't read that HW RAID was any better than SW RAID.
I have seen the argument, but never any proof.
To the best of my knowledge it is an Urban Myth. I do
recall seeing a comparison done somewhere and the numbers,
IIRC, were inconclusive. [now watch someone on the list
will find some evidence to prove me dead wrong]
Brian
> -----Original Message-----
> From: brad [mailto:brad at bradandkim.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 1:32 PM
> To: kclug at kclug.org
> Subject: HTPC hardware
>
>
> I am trying to put together (cheaply and with the help of
> Christmas) an
> HTPC box that will run MythTV as well as many other multimedia apps.
> Basically I am starting with the MB and CPU and had a couple of
> questions. I want to run IDE RAID so that read/write speeds are
> better. Is there a difference between a MB with an onboard RAID
> controller and a PCI RAID controller? Is the PCI bus going to slow it
> down? Also, is there a difference in how Linux
> handles/supports the two
> choices. It seems like I have a lot more options if I go
> with the pci
> card instead of onboard. I don't want software RAID because
> I have read
> that this slows down the cpu.
>
> TIA,
>
> Brad
>
>
>
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